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Appendix A — Trouble-Shooting

166 QS7.1/QS8.1 Reference Manual

Notes played from QS

have a “doubled” or

“flanged” sound

MIDI echo/Thru enabled

on external MIDI device

or computer

Put QS into Out 01 mode

(Global Edit Mode, page 6)

Mod Wheel not working

well (or at all)

Unit was re-initialized

with Mod Wheel up

Put Mod Wheel all the way

down and re-initialize

QS behaving erratically Serial port enabled, no

computer or other QS

hooked to it

Set I/O parameter to MIDI

(Global Edit Mode, page

15)

Re-initialize (see below)

LCD shows “ADDRESS

ERROR”

Bad Sys-ex data sent to

QS via MIDI input

Re-initialize. If it persists,

load in known good bank.

RECOVERING FROM A “CRASH”

If your QS behaves erratically or “freezes” on you, the first thing to try is to switch

between Mix and Program modes once. If that doesn’t do anything, turn it off, wait

for a moment, and then turn it on again. WARNING — make sure you turn off any

amplification first!

If your instrument still isn’t working after that, then disconnect the [MIDI IN] cable

and repeat the power on/off trick. This ought to work if your problem is being

caused by strange MIDI data coming from an external MIDI device.

If neither of these work, you will have to re-initialize the instrument.

RE-INITIALIZING

Re-initializing your QS’s software is strong medicine. It is guaranteed to return the

instrument to operational status.

Unfortunately, it will also reset all Global parameters to their factory default settings

and empty out the edit buffers, thus losing any unsaved changes you may have

made to a Program or Mix. So it isn’t something to be done unless you really need to.

(The User Bank will remain untouched, though — all the Programs, Mixes, and

Effects stored there will come through the re-initialization just fine.)

Here’s how to do it:

1) Turn down the volume on your QS, your mixer, and your amplifier. If you ever

forget to do this while re-initializing, you’ll know why we said this first.

2) Make sure the [MODULATION] wheel is all the way down. (If it isn’t, then its

current position will become what the QS recognizes as “zero” after re-

initialization is complete, and you’ll no longer have the full range of possible

modulation control.)

3) Turn off the power on your QS.

4) Hold down buttons [0] and [3] at the same time.

5) While holding them down, turn the power back on. You’ll know you were

successful if A) there is no name in the LCD display on the top line, and B) the

problem is gone!

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